ARRAN TRUST | EDUCATION PROJECTS

ACTIVITY Education is at the heart of the work of the Geopark. Following recommendations from UNESCO, they were advised to develop more formal education programmes in collaboration with existing Geopark Partners, such as COAST, Arran Heritage Mus...

ACTIVITY:  AYROC will produce an event standard (the first) orienteering map, based on the Arran Community Land Initiative (ACLI), for community, schools and visitor use. The aim is to have a small permanent course in place on the ACLI. ...

   LOCHRANZA CENTRE CIC - ARRANOLOGY FILM Activity:  The Arran Trust were very supportive of a collaborative project to produce three short promotional videos covering Arran's geology, archaeology, and ecology.These can be downloa...

ACTIVITY This project was to develop a mountain bike route map to enable both locals and visitors, educated access to Arran’s trails for cycling purposes. The routes, information and leaflet artwork have been put together by members of the Arran ...

ACTIVITY This project will help complete a key part of COAST’s marine interpretation project. This new hub for coastal and marine learning and recreation in Lamlash will provide a space for various community groups and visitors to come together f...

ACTIVITY Arran Geopark aims to improve access to, educate and protect the unique and spectacular geology on Arran, whilst benefitting the local economy. The outline plan is to tell the story of Arran over the last 600 million years, as it moved f...

ACTIVITY The Arran Trust was pleased to support this campaign to reduce cycle and other accidents on Arran by encouraging local and visiting drivers and cyclists to respect other road users and share the roads safely. The project was initia...

ACTIVITY The pupil council at Brodick School decided they wanted to build a plastic bottle greenhouse that would enable them to grow their own fruit and vegetables! No chemicals will be used in this process - and parents have been drafted i...

ACTIVITY The Arran Trust is supporting Arran Yacht Club in it's proposal for the regeneration and development of the facilities offered.  SportScotland are also involved in this project which will replace exisiting clubhouse with a single st...

 ACTIVITY The Trust is delighted to be supporting Arran Mountain Festival who are aiming to get three new Mountain Leaders for the island.  This will increase the pool of people able to take groups of walkers on guided walks into ...

ACTIVITY Arran High School wishes to introduce MTB into the curriculum but needs skills trails with which to do so.   At present the island does not have much in the way of facilities or MTB specific trails with which to compete with t...

ACTIVITY eXXpedition Round Britain is a 30 day circumnavigation of the British Isles, researching the presence of plastics, microplastics and toxics in the seas around Britain. We sail from Plymouth and into all four UK capital cities, as well as...